fandomhigh | Creative Writing, Period 6 3/28

Yuki seems actually ready to address the class for once. He turns to look at the chalkboard behind him. Has he ever used it? He shrugs doubtfully and picks up a piece of the chalk and faces the class again.

“Well I assume that you’re all nearly done with your full rough drafts. This is the point where you have to work on making in longer or shorter, depending on how many pages you currently have. Because I really don’t feel like spending my whole grading week reading your stories they have a maximum of 10 pages. You’re not allowed to go over. So anyone who has a tendency to overwrite, this is a lesson that’s not for you. The advice I have for you is to hand your story to the stupidest person you know and give them a red pen. Tell them to circle all the things they understand. And to cross out things they “totally don’t get.”” Yes that came complete with air quotes.

“Then you can take out the crap they don’t understand. Or just make it simpler. There. That’ll help you shorten your stories. Now for all the underachievers in here; you need at least 8 pages. So if you’re under that, it’s time I taught you a popular writing technique by the name of ‘describing unimportant shit.’ I’m sure lots of your favorite authors use it. So the activity for today is to pick something simple you did today and write as much as you can about it. Talk about everything. Compare the carpet to a golfing range. Go crazy.”

“When you finish, turn it in and you’re free to go. Any questions?” He looks down at the chalk and tries to think of something to do with it. He finally decides to just toss it at the board and watch it shatter. Afterwards he sits down at his laptop and starts to type.

((OOC: Sorry about being a bit late again. Today I wrote two classes! Is that a good excuse? Not really haha.))

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Doom doom doom.

Nadia Santos

Angela Chase

Hamlet Dane

Nova

Turtle Wexler

Jaye Tyler

Real or handwavey of course.

Nadia wrote extensively about passing notes with Annette in Spy Tech. It probably ended up resembling George A. Strong's parody of Hiawatha. And she always used Annette's full name.

Angela filled a sheet of paper describing the process of doing her laundry that morning.

Hamlet wrote a long, inner monologue style description about how to choose what to wear in the morning when all your clothing was slightly different shades of black.

Nova couldn't think of anything he had done that was especially interesting, so he decided to write about Yuki's lecture. He described looking through his hood like a viewing screen. The lecture replayed as if it were a surrealist film.

He described Yuki's unique posture, stiff and serious; perhaps more board like than the chalkboard itself. In fact, Nova described Yuki somewhat like a cardboard cutout from a pop-up book. His mouth didn't move fluidly, instead it formed cookie cutter shapes, and the words he spoke poured out like smoke in the form of the cookie cutters. The air quotes turned into birds, which carried away the words ‘totally don’t get’.

Nova then wrote about the shattered chalk, comparing it to something crumbly, like a cookie. Nova reread what he wrote and wondered if that was enough description.

Turtle, being industrious and efficient as always, was churning out pages about stock trading.

Riviting stuff, that.

It's the best part! You knowwww you wantttt toooo

Nova turns in his assignment, hoping the teacher would like it.

When Yuki reads it, he's actually impressed by Nova's creativity and comparisons. He tries not to show it and after looking it over, he simply nods to Nova. "Nice work. You can go."

"There's enough advice in there that I should technically be charging you to read this," Turtle grinned as she handed over her assignment, "Yuki."

If a lack of a word could be emphasised, Turtle just did it. She wanted to make sure she got her ten bucks today, too.

Yuki looks at her economic babble and skims it slighty. He hands her a 20. "Run along and have fun I suppose." He sighs. HE didn't relaly even try to hide the exchange. If the other kids saw, he really would care.

Ooooooh, twenty. "Thanks, Yuki!"

"No problem kid."

I don't have My Fair Lady stuck in my head. I don't.

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